Dissent, Injustice, and the Meanings of America / / Steven H. Shiffrin.
Americans should not just tolerate dissent. They should encourage it. In this provocative and wide-ranging book, Steven Shiffrin makes this case by arguing that dissent should be promoted because it lies at the heart of a core American value: free speech. He contends, however, that the country'...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Edition: | Core Textbook |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One. THE MEANINGS OF AMERICA
- I. The First Amendment and the Meaning of America
- II. Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Advertising
- III. Racist Speech, Outsider Jurisprudence, and the Meaning of America
- Part Two: COMBATING IN JUSTICE
- IV. Dissent and Injustice
- V. The Politics of Free Speech
- Notes
- Index